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D. J. HUGKINS. WHEELBARROW.

N0. 331,712. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

KNVENTUR WITNEEEI E5 llnrren STATES Parent Orrrcr...

DANIEL J. HUCKINS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH ANNIN, OF SAME PLACE.

WHEELBARROW.

iiPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,712, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed May 13, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J HUcnINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vheelbnrrows, of which the following is a description.

Probably the most important feature in the construction of metallic wheelbarrows is the manner or means of attachment of the axle hearings to the tubular iron handles. The usual practice has been to attach them by means of bolts passing through the handles; but this is open to serious objection, because the attachment tends to become loose, and the handles are weakened at a point where they should be strongest. To avoid these results, I have devised an axle-bearing which is in the form of a clamp, and thus adapted for attachment to-the handles, so as to strengthen instead of weakening them.

The details of construction and attachment of said clamps are as hereinafter described, and shown in accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side View of my clamp applied to a section of a wheelbarrowhandle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same parts inverted. 3 is a central cross-section on dotted line, Fig. 1. Fig. 4: shows a modification of the clamp. Fig. 5 is a side View of a wheelbarrow having my invention applied to it.

The letter A indicates one of the wroughtiron tubular handles of a metallic wheelbarrow, and B my improved axlebearing which is clamped thereto. The said bearing is made iu'halvcs, or of two essentially similar parts, a and b, each part being constructed with a se1nicircular cavity to adapt it to fit closely on the Serial No. 165,395.

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Instead of providing the parts ab with perforated lugs on one side-preferably the upper one-I may construct them with interlocking portions, as shown in Fig. 4. On the lower side, midway between the lugs c c, I form bosses e, that have cylindrical bores of suitable size to receive and thus form the bearings of the axlejournal. some cases dispense with one of the bosses and enlarge the other correspondingly.

It is apparent that the application of the bearing to the barrow-handle, or its detachment therefrom, may be easily and quickly effected, and that by compression of the sides of the handles it considerably increases in place of lessening their strength at that point, which is a highlyimportant result. The handles are shown constructed with a downward bend at such point of attachment, for the purpose of preventing the bearings from shifting along the handles; but this very useful feature I do not claim, it being the invention of Joseph Annin, of Brooklyn, New York, for which he has made an application for Letters Patent.

WVhat I claim is- 1. A clamp axle-bearing for wheelbarrows, which consists of two parts adapted for application and attachment to the handle, and having bosses with a cylindrical bore to receive the axle-journal, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the wheelbarrowhandle, of the clamp axle-bearing formed of two like parts provided with lugs and adjacent bosses having coincident bores for the axlejonrnal and bolts for securing the parts together, substantially as shown and described.

DANIEL J. HUCKINS.

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